adjective
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of or relating to geodesy
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another word for geodesic
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Then came work on measuring the shape of ocean surfaces, a crucial element in creating the geodetic models of Earth needed for GPS.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
SLR, a long-established space geodetic method, works by firing laser pulses between satellites and ground stations to measure distances with high precision.
From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026
EarthScope, the nation’s primary seismological and geodetic data facility, was recently formed as the merger of UNAVCO, which held an archive for GPS data, and IRIS, which held a seismic data archive.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
“It was a big surprise to me,” says Jihye Park, a geodetic scientist at Oregon State University who was not involved in the research.
From Science Magazine • May 12, 2023
Other than his initial ice-axe-and-soup-ladle science, Don Swanson’s job was geodetic monitoring, which meant very accurately measuring and analyzing the size and shape of the earth.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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